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JUNE 7, 2011

Dark clouds threatened as I entered the Rubin Museum in New York City on June first to hear two icons from two very different worlds –Gloria Steinem, the writer, activist and leader of the feminist movement, and Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, who at the age of 20 became one of the first westerners to be ordained as a Buddhist Nun. In 2000, she started the first Buddhist Nunnery for girls.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The launch of UN Women in the UN General Assembly Hall this week, February 24th, felt like a celebration. There was indeed a reason to celebrate. Who wouldn’t celebrate the vision set forth by the United Nations for global gender equality and the empowerment of women. The leaders and celebrities participating in the program were impressive. Hosted by former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, energized in her new roles as UN Women’s Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary General

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011

These days people’s courage is surely being tested. It’s under fire. Courage could be one of the least appreciated leadership principles. I am truly inspired by how the citizens of the world are mustering up their courage on a daily basis to make change that impacts all of us. If you are in Egypt, you need courage to stand up for what you believe against the government.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Color sends a powerful message, especially when used in marketing or promoting ideas, products or services. Be aware that those Crayolas of childhood can be a weapon or a magic wand…predisposing us to accept or reject the messenger. The color RED is particularly strong in sending messages. Symbolically, it can communicate many things and many conflicting ideas.

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JULY 15, 2005

I am very excited about doing the first Women?s Leadership Exchange Blog. You may ask, ?Why do a blog for Women?s Leadership Exchange?? Well, it is my opinion that no one out there is translating the events and the news of the day in a way that helps women business owners understand the impact they have on their businesses and on their lives. Another reason for the blog is that I have an opinion on everything and I?

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JULY 29, 2005

In the business of art, where are the women? That?s the question that struck me after visiting the The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), rebuilt and greatly expanded. in all its dramatic grandeur. My daughter Sara, was my noble companion on this expedition to a museum that has always inspired me. Sara recently graduated with a BFA from SVA, and holds her first ?

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AUGUST 11, 2005

Everywhere I look lately, I keep hearing about ?fighting females.? This alliteration hit me, after returning from the August 2nd, Women?s Leadership Exchange Long Beach Conference, which was focused on women supporting each other. What is all this stuff about fighting females? I suppose fighting females can be positive or negative depending upon the situation.

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AUGUST 24, 2005

Today I am absorbed in sports news. Though I am a big NY Yankee fan, I don?t usually read the sports pages regularly. But lately I?ve been drawn to the sports? media. Headlines report on the screams of French fans claiming that Lance Armstrong only won the Tour de France because he?s been taking drugs. A statement certainly unproven. But the biggest news was right here in the USA, in fact, in Ohio.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2005

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina is shocking. We?ve seen it in other parts of the world ? and it has affected us profoundly. Disasters like the Tsunami have moved us into action to help the people. This disaster is still unfolding. Because of its nature, I?m afraid the worst is yet to come. The media reports and video footage of people waving for help from their rooftops, messages in red and black paint on buildings, 20,000 people without food, water and hygiene in the Superdome (supposedly

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2005

It’s overwhelming. The tragedy in Louisiana continues. Since my last blog, the media revealed the lack of a quick response of the Federal Government. People in New Orleans and other areas seemed abandoned. Finally, however, relief efforts went into the action. People either escaped or have been transported to many areas of the country, so that they could, first, survive, and now a week and a half later, begin to rebuild their lives.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

After much anticipation and publicity, a woman -- and a very capable woman, I might add, is President of the United States. Well, it's about time. You may think I'm crazy. "It's only a TV show," you may say. But I've learned that reality often imitates what we see on the media. The opportunity for millions of Americans to see a woman in action as "Commander in Chief" every Tuesday night on ABC-TV could go a long way in making it a reality.

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OCTOBER 10, 2005

Losing is painful. The NY Yankees lost the American League division tonight and I am hurting. I am a woman first; a wife and mother second. A business owner third. And a NY Yankee fan fourth. I am a BIG Yankee Fan. I love watching them. They're cool, confident, warm, charismatic, sometimes intense. Recent years they haven't looked so good during the summer, but by the end of the season, they always pull it together and play like silk.until tonight when they lost to the LA Angels.

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OCTOBER 30, 2005

Rosa Parks is a testament that it is small things that can change the world. As the NY Times said: "By remaining seated, she took a stand." But even more than "a stand, " her action, or refusal to get up from her seat to make room for whites, was a pivotal event in civil rights history. It thrust Rev. Martin Luther King, then 26 years old, into mounting a boycott that lasted more than year, and ended in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2005

When Women's Leadership Exchange conferences are held around the country - Dallas, Chicago, Long Beach, Atlanta and New York City - we always invite the top city officials, to welcome our large crowd of from 600 - 800 successful women business owners. WLE Keyholders are female movers & shakers and their businesses are drivers of the economy in each region.

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DECEMBER 11, 2005

It's Sunday night and like many of you, I just got around to reading Saturday's paper. Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, wrote an interesting commentary on the OP Ed pages of The New York Times, "Can Mommy Know Best?" Madonna's new album "Confessions on the Dance Floor" booms in the background of my home office, while I reread Dowd's piece about the biggest shock of December - that women suddenly are getting a second chance to prove that the nation will trust them a

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DECEMBER 21, 2005

The NYC Transit Strike is on and Women's Leadership Exchange is based in New York City - the Capital of the World. I say Capital of the World not because I'm an egomanic about WLE's home base, but because it's been said by many others in books, magazine articles, etc. How is it that the Capital of the World goes on strike? Most of us, who are based here, are still in shock.

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JANUARY 2, 2006

We have lost many great women in 2005. Thank you to Beth Polish, a business leader and innovator, for bringing to my attention a news item (NY Times) on New Year's Eve about the passing of author Rona Jaffe. Many of us had the opportunity to meet Rona, when she surprised us by attending a WLE Business Spa Retreat in Puerto Rico. Never having met her, we kept asking each other, is she "the" Rona Jaffe.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2006

Betty Friedan and Coretta King are huge icons and ultimate women of substance. Their passings are a true loss. Betty truly shifted the world for women (and men) with her book "The Feminine Mystique." Coretta was committed to social justice, even before she married Martin Luther King. Both were headstrong, outspoken and courageous. Their causes - while different - were very much the same.

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MAY 30, 2006

Last week “The Wall Street Journal&# (Jeffrey Zaslow, Moving On column) reminisced about a “Newsweek&# cover story, “Too Late for Prince Charming?&# which appeared in June 1986. The article fed fear into the hearts of women over 30 by reporting on a study by Yale and Harvard researchers that showed “that 30-year old white, college-educated single women had only a 20% chance of finding husbands.

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JULY 9, 2006

"At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust" - the front page story in "The New York Times" today (7/9/06) - appears to be good news for women's equality in the workplace. But I'm not so sure. You may think I'm crazy, but let me explain. The article reports on why women are excelling beyond men in college: Attitude. Work ethnic. Perfectionism.

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AUGUST 10, 2006

First, thank you to the women who have taken time to comment on the WLE Blog -- most recently Sue Moore and Tanis Cornell. It is so great to get the conversation going about issues that are important to women and to comment on how the media portrays those issues. More often than not, those commenting in print seem locked in the past. They even interpret results of studies through "yesterday's" eyes, per the last blog.

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OCTOBER 8, 2006

Just like the pledge taken in marriage “for better or worse&# we women in business are in it &# for better or worse." And this past week, it may have been “for worse.&# Every time I reached for the paper, I had a pit in my stomach. What appeared to be the never ending saga of HP Board member investigations resulted in former Chair Patricia Dunn’s indictment.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Nancy Pelosi is set to become the first female speaker of the House. That is clear at 5:52 am (EST) Nov. 8th as I am on the Web searching for the most up to date election news. It?s frustrating to keep pointing out women?s ?firsts? but at the same time it is heartening. Because we know that when women lead, change happens. That has been said by many; but most recently pointed out by Carly Fiorina on center stage at the Women?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Congratulations Harvard! Welcome Drew Gilpin Faust, the first female president of what some consider the top university in the US. After 371 years, since its founding, and a bonfire of criticism of its previous president Lawrence Summers, who suggested that women's lack of ability explained why less women than men are at the top in math and science in the educational arena -- Harvard chose a woman to lead it into the 21st century.

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APRIL 24, 2007

The news that Harvard University Professor Susan Athey, 36, won the praised John Bates Clark Medal - for the Nation's Most Promising Economist Under Age 40 - defies Lawrence Summers statement that got him fired as President of Harvard. However, most important, her receipt of this award will create new opportunities for women in economics and related fields as it sets the Law of Attraction (of "The Secret" fame) into action.

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DECEMBER 5, 2007

Maybe it's just the time of the year - post Thanksgiving and pre-Christmas/Chanukah - but it seems to me that everything I'm reading is telling me to work less. Or maybe it's just that I took a breath, following my final business trip of the year - approximately 24 roundtrips - but who is counting anyway - to actually listen to the Universe. Now, I'm very fortunate, because most of my business trips are personal rewards.

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MARCH 3, 2008

Got Leadership? Who’s got it? How do you get it? The word “leadership&# has recently been batted about the media, especially as it relates to our current slate of political candidates. Journalists and opinion leaders are asking, “Does she/he have the right leadership style to lead America?&# What exactly are they talking about? I believe many of these reporters have two words mixed up – leadership and management.

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MARCH 15, 2008

These days, it can be dangerous to one's mental state, not to mention one's business, to read the business pages or listen to the news.Bear Stearns going down, Eliot Spitzer, the Dow Industrial tumble, economists saying that the "r" (I refuse to say the word) has arrived, etc. Therefore, I follow the advice of my stuffed monkey (from my childhood), who has recently been featured in a TV commercial traveling around the world in the briefcase of an executive.

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MAY 31, 2008

I enjoyed the new film Sex and the City - it was colorful, full of fashion, & silliness - it was entertaining! And that's why we go to the movies isn't it? But now 2 days after seeing it, and after reading an article in the Wall St. Journal about how young teen girls are flocking to it, even though it may have an R rating, I got concerned. And it isn't the R rating that concerns me (though I'm sure that's not good), it's the underlying message that it sends to young girls and women.

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JUNE 8, 2008

I was delighted with different viewpoints many of you shared in the Sex & the City Blog! I think this is the biggest exchange of blog entries we've had yet!! By the way, to those of you who disagreed with my blog, I say "thank you." I welcome your disagreement! Please don't judge me or the WLE based on what I wrote! I certainly don't judge you.

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JULY 19, 2008

The economic forecast is doom and gloom. But it doesn't have to be your economic reality. It's your choice! Do you choose the Batman or Mamma Mia economic mentality? If you know me, you know I choose the Mamma Mia economy. And if the attendance (over 70) at this week's Women's Leadership Exchange teleseminar " The Business of Attracting Business" presented by attraction expert Deanna Frazier is any indication, many business women are at least longing for the Mamma Mia economy and are willing to

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AUGUST 31, 2008

The news at the start of the Labor Day weekend that John McCain picked a woman - Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska - as his running mate in the presidential race took just about everyone but the McCain camp by surprise. No matter whether you agree with Sarah Palin's stand on various issues or not.no matter whether you think she has too little experience or not.no matter that she represents one of the smallest populated and most isolated states of the Union or not.she is a woman and she is now running f

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This morning we awoke to another crisis on Wall Street.the news that Lehman Brothers appeared to be going into bankruptcy and Bank of America was buying (or saving) Merrill Lynch. All this on the heels of Hurricane Ike's devastation. Fall 08 seems to be coming in ferociously. All this in the midst of a presidential election that is full of attacks, innuendoes and fear.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Waking up this morning, I smell "hope" in the air, rather than the familiar smell of coffee. What a welcome fragrance! It truly fills my entire body. I usually never use the word "hope," cause for me it is not a word of action - and I like action. But with the economic debacle, we all need hope in order to take action.and thanks to the election of President Obama - which is truly extraordinary for so many reasons - we can all have the hope needed to move forward and get the econo

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NOVEMBER 23, 2008

The buzz about Senator Hillary Clinton becoming Secretary State is so loud that I believe it is "safe" to. comment on it. I read that Gloria Steinem says Senator Clinton should accept it and Marie Wilson, head of the White House Project, says she would prefer the senator stay in the Senate, so I thought I'd offer you my opinion so that you can make your comments.

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DECEMBER 5, 2008

We all race around as if the more we do, the more successful we will be.and it's not true. The new ideas, the right connections, come when we breathe, and take time to think about our business. Only then can we shape it to fulfill our dreams and the current market needs. Please don't hate me when I say, maybe this recession is a good thing. The slowdown of business forces us to reassess, rethink and. really go deep to say,"is this really what I want my life to be like?

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JANUARY 19, 2009

Today, the day before one of our country's most historic inaugurations, is the holiday honoring the birthday of one of America's greatest change agents - Martin Luther King, Jr. His life's work, culminating with his speech "I Have A Dream" delivered Aug. 28, 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to over 250,000, changed the course of history. We will celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration due to the work of Dr.

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